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January 14, 2018
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Google Assistant Support

  • January 14, 2018
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When does Sonos expect to have support for Google Assistant?
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    Best answer by Ryan S
    As of today, we've officially rolled out support for Google Assistant on Sonos players, and control of Sonos devices using Google Home devices. For more details, check out our announcement post here, and some of our getting started and tips and tricks posts.

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    Ryan S
    Retired Sonos Staff
    May 14, 2019
    There's a software update rolling out, shouldn't be too much longer before it's all live. I'll be posting the announcement on the board when it's finalized. Until then, just a little more patience and you'll be all set.
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    Lyricist III
    May 14, 2019
    Got it!! It's up and working. Sort of. Need to figure out what it can and cannot do now and possibly get over my Alexa integration with sonos habits.

    Is there any documentation on how it should work or list of commands yet?

    Want to figure out how to make sonos the default speaker now for a room like I had in Alexa. Any ideas yet?
    Ryan S
    Ryan SAnswer
    Retired Sonos Staff
    May 14, 2019
    As of today, we've officially rolled out support for Google Assistant on Sonos players, and control of Sonos devices using Google Home devices. For more details, check out our announcement post here, and some of our getting started and tips and tricks posts.
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    Ryan S
    Retired Sonos Staff
    May 14, 2019
    Got it!! It's up and working. Sort of. Need to figure out what it can and cannot do now and possibly get over my Alexa integration with sonos habits.

    Is there any documentation on how it should work or list of commands yet?

    There's a starting list here.

    Want to figure out how to make sonos the default speaker now for a room like I had in Alexa. Any ideas yet?

    Settings Sonos players as default speakers isn't available with Google Assistant at this time. This is just the beginning of our work with Google. You'll see new features and improvements as we continue to develop with them.
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    Lyricist III
    May 14, 2019
    Thanks Ryan S.!!

    As for the default speaker function, good to know that it is just not available yet. I saw how to do it under the google device "Default Music Speaker" setting but did not see my sonos speakers so I thought I did something wrong.

    Off and running!!
    Trending Lyricist I
    May 14, 2019
    As of today, we've officially rolled out support for Google Assistant on Sonos players, and control of Sonos devices using Google Home devices. For more details, check out our announcement post here, and some of our getting started and tips and tricks posts.

    Thats great Ryan!

    Not be the guy at the party who #$%# all over the good news but I am curious why all the missing features? No calling.. no routines.. No voice match.. We were told the reason for the lengthy delays was that it was supposed to be perfect.. Is there an ETA for full support?
    May 14, 2019
    Still not available in the UK. Rubbish.


    melvimbe
    May 14, 2019

    As of today, we've officially rolled out support for Google Assistant on Sonos players, and control of Sonos devices using Google Home devices. For more details, check out our announcement post here, and some of our getting started and tips and tricks posts.Thats great Ryan!

    Not be the guy at the party who shits all over the good news but I am curious why all the missing features? No calling.. no routines.. No voice match.. We were told the reason for the lengthy delays was that it was supposed to be perfect.. Is there an ETA for full support?


    Not sure where you heard it was going to be perfect. I think the idea was that the features that were supported were as bug free as possible. And Ryan may say different, but Sonos is pretty consistent with avoiding given ETAs...to avoid the bad PR from missing dates and such. Sonos has not even officially said it's a feature they will eventually support.
    Danny
    Smilja
    May 14, 2019
    Still not available in the UK. Rubbish.


    US-only for now as stated in the announcement.

    https://en.community.sonos.com/announcements-228985/sonos-welcomes-the-google-assistant-6825467
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    May 14, 2019
    Same product, different country. So what?

    We watch Game of Thrones at the same time...